Today in Tech History – August 22

 

1932 – The BBC began public television broadcasts.

1955 – The First Computer User Group Is Founded

             Following a Los Angeles symposium hosted by IBM, a group of representatives form seventeen groups that had ordered the IBM 704 mainframe computer met the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. The outcome of the meeting was the first computer user’s group, SHARE. The name was chosen to promote the idea of sharing information and programs between installations. The group grew quickly, eventually producing new software and documentation for their IBM computers.

1987 – It’s Dangerous To Go Alone! Take This              

             The Legend of Zelda is released for the NES in North America. Considered one of the most influential games of all time, it was the forerunner of the role-playing video game genre and spawned one of the most successful series in video games history.      

 2007 – The Storm botnet sent out a record 57 million virus-infected emails. It failed to take down the internet.

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